Proposition 65

California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) lists approximately 800 substances that are considered by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to be carcinogenic or developmental toxicants.

Of course, it is effectively impossible - as well as illogical - for any company to actually test their product components for each listed substance.

However, our detailed knowledge of the many stages of leather processing, supply chain and specific type of leather in each case, enables us to identify the exact chemicals that could be present and need to be tested for.

Once we have used techniques such as GC/MS, HPLC and AAS to confirm the absence of all the identified "suspects,” we provide independent certification of compliance and peace of mind.